Richard Heinberg
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| Richard Heinberg | |
| Born | 1950 |
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| Occupation | journalist and author |
| Spouse | Janet Barocco |
Richard Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on ecological issues, including Oil depletion. He is the author of eight books [1], including The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003) and Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World [1], The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse (2006) [2], Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (2007).
While being interviewed in late 2006, Heinberg declared that the Oil Depletion Protocol will be his main area of work for the next year.[3] Heinberg advocates a planned descent down the depletion curves of oil via the Oil Depletion Protocol.
Heinberg has a Master of Arts degree in Leadership.[4][5] He lives in Santa Rosa, California and is a core faculty member of New College of California, where he teaches a course on Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community. He is a Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. He is also an accomplished violinist and an illustrator and book designer. He is married to Janet Barocco.
Heinberg is also the editor of Museletter and has appeared in the documentaries The End of Suburbia, The 11th Hour, Crude Impact, Oil Smoke and Mirrors, Chasing God, Just Around the Corner, and What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire and and The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2008).
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[edit] References
- ^ Purchase Richard Heinberg's Books | Richard Heinberg's website
- ^ New Society Publishers - The Oil Depletion Protocol
- ^ An Interview with Richard Heinberg - Part Two… Powerdown and Transition Towns. 28 November 2006. Accessed on 18 July 2007.
- ^ New College of California
- ^ Ecoshow speaker Richard Heinberg Peak oil author Powerdown
[edit] External links
- OneWorldTV video interview with Richard Heinberg
- Interview: (October 21, 2006) The Oil Depletion Protocol
- Interview, July 2006
- Heinberg's personal website
- Oil, Smoke & Mirrors Contains interviews with Heinberg discussing peak oil.
- Critique of Civilization Paper presented at the 24th annual meeting of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations, June 15, 1995.
- Peak Everything lecture at YouTube
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